A Man Who Might Be Iran’s Next Supreme Leader Appears on Israel’s Border
Enemies at the gates.
February 9, 2018
Setting the Record Straight on Poland and the Holocaust
Heroic acts of rescue alongside terrible crimes.
Poland’s president recently signed legislation that forbids citizens from “publicly and untruthfully assign[ing] responsibility or co-responsibility to the Polish nation or the Polish state for Nazi crimes,” sparking much conversation about the Polish role in the Holocaust. Certainly, writes Edna Friedberg, the phrase “Polish death camps”—specifically proscribed by the new law—is highly misleading. Yet absolving the Poles entirely of “co-responsibility” is equally unfaithful to history:
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Islamic State May Be Losing Territory, but It Won’t Give Up on Winning It Back
The need to govern is real.
The Palestinian Theologian Trying to Turn Christian Churches against Jews
The new political supersessionism.
Setting the Record Straight on Poland and the Holocaust
Heroic acts of rescue alongside terrible crimes.
Is Jewish Law an Expression of Heavenly Ideals or a Pragmatic Measure for Bringing Order to Society?
A 14th-century rabbinic debate on the purpose of the legal system.